Knoxville, located in Tennessee, was where Phil and Don Everly were discovered by Chet Atkins when they were just teens. Today, another youngster, the 18-year-old Eli Fox from the same city, is making a bit of noise
Fox is already a very accomplished instrumentalist on guitar, dobro, harmonica and I think about anything he picks up. Besides that his influences, as you will hear on this release, are people who played what they loved, such as Bob Dylan and John Hartford and maybe a touch of Hank Williams.
Actually the delivery and humour and song writing is similar to the early days of all of these artists. Tall Tales, his first long player, is well worth a visit and you may find yourself going back for a sip more often than not. Eli keeps the soul of Woody Guthrie alive for yet another generation.
I do believe we will be hearing more from this young man down the road apiece.
Yes, 2018 is in a very early stage but this is my Americana album of the year so far (even though it was released ½ a year ago)…sometimes it is just so hard to keep up!